According to the text's discussion, young African Americans are:

According to the text's discussion, young African Americans are:
 
  a. more likely to be arrested than whites for the same crime.
  b. less likely than whites to be killed by the police on the street.
  c. less likely than whites to be tried as adults.
  d. all of the above

Question 2

According to the text's discussion of female crime in the U.S.:
 
  a. women who commit larceny-theft are mostly small-time shoplifters.
  b. when women commit murder, it is usually by killing an abusive domestic partner.
  c. most females who are criminals are guilty of relatively minor crimes.
  d. all of the above

Question 3

Talcott Parsons described gender in terms of power relationships.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 4

According to the text, one of the influences on the development of sociology was the American Revolution.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 5

If you were an American sociologist speaking
 
  for a number of your colleagues who wish to endorse the best long-term solution to the crime problem, which of the following strategies would you be most likely to select?
   a. more mandatory sentences for more crimes
   b. the elimination of parole
   c. the reduction of the use of probation and other community service options
   d. the reduction of economic inequality

Question 6

Which of the following statements is/are consistent with the concept of the criminal justice wedding cake?
 
  a. There are four fundamentally different types of crimes, each of which is treated somewhat differently in the courts.
  b. A judge, prosecutor and defense attorney determine together, rather than in an adversarial manner, what they should do with a young man accused of theft.
  c. The vast majority of criminal cases are minor felonies or misdemeanors, resolved in an assembly-line fashion.
  d. all of the above

Question 7

Why has the unprecedented prison population explosion occurred?
 
  a. Because crime has continued to rapidly increase.
  b. Because sentences are longer.
  c. Because offenders are serving a higher proportion of their terms.
  d. Because of changes in the criminal justice system that sharply increased the chances that a convicted criminal will actually be sent to prison.